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25
Mar 2010

High Tech Ramen?!?!?!?

I found a really interesting food article on Danny Choo's website/blog or whatever you call it. Apparently you have to purchase a food ticket in front of the restaurant so they can custom build (cook in this case) you desired bowl of ramen. I would definitely try this place out if I can go to Japan. Check out the page at Japanese Food

Filed under  //   food   ramen   Random Stuff   Society and Culture  
Posted by Eddie Li 
22
Mar 2010

Personal Trip: Bairro da Liberdade (Liba)

During last week I went to São Paulo with my family, and I wanted to go specially because of a certain place: it's the Bairro da Liberdade (literally Freedom neighborhood in portuguese), nicknamed Liba by brazilians. Well, thing is, this place has many japanese people who came from migration decades ago, and is where they set up their homes. They currently use it to spread some of their culture of commerce, and that's the part I love.

Liba is known by most brazilians as the source of japanese food, animes and mangas, as well as accessories and a bit of culture in overall. Unfortunately, coreans and chinese people have been coming to the same place and kind of mixing all up, putting the japanese people aside. But you still can find a lot of things related to Japan there. In there I got the opportunity to taste many Japan foods I always had the curiosity for: Gyoza, Takoyaki, Okonomiyaki, Miso Soup, Ramen and of course, Pocky!! And many different types of Pocky: Chocolate, strawberry, crunchy chocolate and crunchy strawberry. Hehe..:P Liba is a great source of Pocky. Now, if you go to Liba to find anime/manga related stuff, your place is SoGo Plaza Shopping.
It has 3 floors full of stores dedicated to anime and manga. Most stores contain gashapons (anime action figures), DVDs (from animes, tokusatsu, music artists, films, live actions and dramas), mangas (a lot of them), and minor accessories such as clothes and keyrings. Below are some pictures of products me and my sister took while in there:
Like I said it's really fun. It's worth to check if you are the "Otaku" kind of person. That's it of Liba for now. Maybe I can add some other stuff such as food places around there. Comments, anyone?

Filed under  //   Anime   bairro   dvd   food   gashapon   gyoza   Japan   japanese   keyring   liba   liberdade   Manga   miso   okonomiyaki   otaku   pocky   ramen   Random Stuff   Society and Culture   sogo   soup   takoyaki   trip  
Posted by Eddie Li 
01
Mar 2010

Interesting Food From Akihabara

It's not so long since I heard about Akihabara, the famous japanese place known as the Electric Town, full of anime, manga and video games stuff. I decided to research a bit on this town, and have been finding some peculiar stuff about it, but most of all interesting. So, everytime I can I will try to show something of Akihabara in here, and to not stand on the obvious since most people already know about it, I'll add the most different/interesting/original things from there. I'll start by posting some types of food that you can find there. Some of them look really yummy, some others are already familiar and known and a few others might border on the grotesque, so prepare your stomachs. XD

 Omelet Rice. Looks kinda cute, doesn't it? :P 
 This is called Canned Oden. It looks like a simple Cup Noodles-like ramen can, but actually you can eat that can with yakitoris, stews, soups and also puddings.  
 Going through a kind of "unique route", this is the Tsundere Rice. Yeah, it is based on the Tsundere subculture/personality. It consists of rice mixed up with pieces of raw meat covered with wasabi and cool cream dressing, and served with a peculiar "golden egg". 
 This one might be pretty known already, it's the Osakan Okonomiyaki. Looks yummy, huh?
 This is knon as a Tokyo Hot Dog. Full of baked cheese crispy and served with pink lemonade and potato chips. I'm eager to try it. *.*
 This is my favorite one. The Akiba Burger!! It's a 22cm sandwich full of beef. Excellent for who likes to take a lot of protein. XD So what do you think of these "gourmet sensations"? Feel any hungry? ^_-

Filed under  //   akiba   akihabara   burger   canned oden   food   hot dog   interesting   Japan   okonomiyaki   omelet   osaka   ramen   Random Stuff   rice   Society and Culture   stew   tokyo   tsundere  
Posted by Eddie Li 
07
Nov 2009

Ramen with Mayonnaise Flavoured Soup

Who would have thought that Mayonnaise and Ramen would go so well together?  Well only the Japanese do!

“Nanikore Chin Hakkei” finds a restaurant in Gunma prefecture that proudly serves mayonnaise ramen: Maybe I am hungry but I certainly would like to try that ramen for myself!  IF it is that creamy with Ramen since it is mayonnaise is made from egg yolks... may boost your cholesterol levels up high! :P Would you like to try this ramen? [JapanProbe]

Filed under  //   chin   gunma   hakkei   mayonnaise   nanikore   ramen   Society and Culture  
Posted by Eddie Li